New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-08
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

No newspaper paragraph amounts to anything
nowadays unless he has perpetnted one or more
"run1caus." Most Of the current rondeaus look
4 they had look II they had been cut out with a
meat and rather poor meat axe at that.
| Louisville parrot has been taught to scream
| "IIurrah for Carlisle" SO long rs Carlisle holds
his present views the tariff question: 1t Is singular
that anybody parrot should "hurrah for
Carlisle Norrlstown Herald
"The Intransgeant states that the famous Treasure
OF lIuc captured by General de Courcy in tho I'm
pcri Palace and sent TO Trance, and which was sup
posed be worth fifteen millions Of francs, turns out
| on examination to be Of no value at all. The sup
posed bars OF silver arc simply lead.
A Very Sad Case.-Edth-Morcy me, Nole; what
| has hapienedt
Nele-My heart 10 broken. Edith. I shall never
smile aga H. never again find music In the songs OF
oh. 1t can't be Has your engagement with tho
| count heen brokers'"
con. what have you to hint What has
Papa went and told him no had lost every cent
Of his money ."-omaha World.
| Orthodox Sunday School teacher TO small boy
| "You know. Johnnie there IL nothing YOU can think
| Of that God could not do II lie wished"
Johnnie unwilling cvolutionist-"Could He
| make me a two year old colt in ten minutesi"
| IA influential voter In tie provinces proposes to
| "vor." hi, representative in the Chamber Of Depu-
tie, for "all he Is worth" any dear deputy, could
YOU manage to get my n place In the Paris eXhi-
b ton 7" "what can he do 2" "Do1 Why, II he
knew now any thing shouldn't be troubling you"
-(Frnrh JO,o.
Tho following sample OF english she Ia spoke
in the provinces may convey an idea Of tho extent
to which dialects p0lluto the "well Of English undo
filed" even in tho Old country
linn grant newly landed at Castle Garden TO by
stlnder -"Ia' ye ony terbac'1"
Receiving no reply he appeals to the crowd-"IIa
| ony on sc ony on yer"
An oblg NJ officer interDrets this to -"Havo
any OF you any tobacco YOU. O. IN your pockets u
NJ. Ecde a civil engineer OF Paris has just pre-
sented 10 the Academy OF Sciences the details OF
,cLems To cut g gantlo canal through Syria and
Pcrsa thereby uniting the Mediterranean with the
Persian Gulf This canal would shorten the route
from Europe to Asia by three days. Tho fact that
this canal would be the biggest thing Of tho Kind In
the world gives the scheme great favor In tho eyes
OF Frcnchmcn but they fear that II 1t was built those
mad Hnglishmen" would soon manage to control It,
In the suburbs there resides estr,atlo elderly
| lady to whom given a familiar chrome represent
no n beautiful baby girl who has evidently Just
| ar,sen FINN bed and who II coming down stairs,
carving n couple OF kittens. which for security sho
holds in the gathered folds of her nghtdrcss Inc
az, ourn,aton OF the kittens necessarily abbrcviatcs
.omcvhat the apparent length OF the garment. and
tho Old ladys OF pr)priety could not DO saus
fed until "A neiehborng house painter dauped on an
| adlitiUI. to tho hgnuhe>s' 10 uio "
he dear lttlo one The picture, as corrected
hangs in tho Ia ys sitting room. and Is decided
| novelty IN it, wey.-Ccston budget
| At the Brighton, England. Police Court the othor
| day about $50 old and women met together 10
receive a Christmas doe. Their average age was 50
| wears, but most Of them wcro well and hearty ana
| qu to ready TO fight II neod be- for om Ehgiahu'
rwhy Jones'" exclaimed smith. when the par
vor, nnt driving the other day, there goes an Ed
| ,nhuroh u.h wilel The very creature. l suppose
| hes nm emgrant. BY JOye. | would Ike To near
her ealing out Fresh haddiel fpsh haddiei' or cal
| Ter herr ~ 1t would bring BACK inc goou oa u"y
| hr yon and I we're do NJ scotland together"
| 81 guess you don't know much, smith,, "pheu
| ropcs "Flsh wifo Why, that's Beacon I'LL Dele
] " Tn her toboggan SUIT onP-(Bostoh Courior'